★
Taiwan's Human Rights by
world reports
ranking no.1: 2013, 2010~12 Dr.
Joseph Nye (
a former dean of Harvard
University's Kennedy School of Government, and a former assistant secretary
of defense, a deputy assistant secretary of state
) said in a speech
under the theme of "Taiwan's Soft Power" at Dec. 8, 2010 that : “The answer is as long as Taiwan stands for
democracy and human rights, that will be impossible ( the Americans make a
deal and sell out Taiwan for something that they want from China) in
American political culture.”
At March 1,
2013, the review panel (10
int'l experts in Human Rights, e.g., Philip Alston, law professor at New
York University; Eibe Riedel, former member of the United Nations Committee on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Jerome Cohen, law professor at New York
University, etc) urged better
corporate responsibility and transitional justice,
more transparency in government decision-making
on human rights issues...
According to
2012 survey (Dec. 4, 2012)
conducted by the Taipei-based Chinese Association for Human Rights, 43.4% of
the respondents rated Taiwan's overall
performance in human rights protection this year as either “bad”
or “very bad”
, only 38 percent of
Taiwanese held positive views on Taiwan's
human rights of this year, which is far worse
than 57 percent of last year... <Apple daily News> comments Taiwan's freedom of speech is in retreat,
and scholars worry about Taiwan's democracy doesn't work well, <Taiwan News>
uses the headline "Taiwan's human rights get
thumbs-down in poll!"... According to
another 2012 survey (Dec. 7, 2012)
of public opinion by the government-affiliated Taiwan
Foundation for Democracy,
Public feels
Taiwan's human rights deteriorating...
Official corruption, the
government’s inability to fill people’s needs and
media independence were top
public concerns...
According to DPP's poll in Human Rights Day
(Dec. 10, 2012),
62.3 % of Taiwanese are
dissatisfied with the government's protection of
human rights, 67 % of Taiwanese
are dissatisfied with the
government's protection of judicial
human rights (司法人權),
64.9%
of Taiwanese are dissatisfied
with political human rights.
(政治人權)....
According to an opinion survey (Dec. 9,
'10), in general, ordinary Taiwanese people gave "Fail" score to Taiwan's human rights &
democratic
freedom ......, Another survey (Dec.
8, 2011) expressed "scholars criticized : Taiwan has moved
backward on all issues of human rights", the score in the past 3 years is
"Fail". (reported by The Liberty Times)
Taiwan urged to scrap death penalty,
improve rights... (March 1, 2013)
The members of the review panel also include Philip Alston, law professor at New
York University; Eibe Riedel, former member of the United Nations Committee on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Jerome Cohen, law professor at New York
University; and Nisuke Ando, professor emeritus at Kyoto University.
◎ urged better corporate responsibility and transitional justice,
more transparency in government decision-making
on human rights issues
◎
take steps to block mergers or acquisitions of news channels or newspapers
◎ urges the government to reduce prisoner numbers by introducing less
restrictive provisions on pre-trial bail and parole, and...
◎ urged improved rights for Taiwan's migrant workers, indigenous
people, women, gay and transgender people, and people with disabilities.
and so on
CNA, Focus Taiwan,
etc, Mar 1, 2013
The principal human rights problems reported in Taiwan last
year were judicial corruption and violence against women and
children.
The US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
for 2012, released at April 19, 2013
★
The report’s 10-page analysis said that “a growing number of observers claimed Chen
was being mistreated,” but that authorities had said the
treatment Chen was receiving was adequate and that his
condition did not warrant parole on medical grounds. the report did say that the 2009 trial of Chen
and his wife, Wu Shu-jen (吳淑珍), had heightened public
scrutiny of pre-indictment and pretrial detention,
prosecutorial leaks, other possible prosecutorial misconduct
and transparency in judicial procedures.
The report said that political commentators and academics
had publicly questioned the impartiality of judges and
prosecutors involved in high-profile and politically
sensitive cases.
★principal human rights
problems: “Although the authorities made efforts to eliminate
corruption and diminish
political influence in the
judiciary, some residual problems remained,” the report
said.
★Another serious problem in Taiwan was rape, including
spousal rape, and violence against women. “Because victims were socially stigmatized, many did not
report the crime, and the MOI
estimated that the total number of sexual assaults was 10
times the number reported to police,”...
There may also be a problem with sexual harassment in the
workplace.... judicial authorities
remained dismissive of sexual harassment complaints,” .
★The report said that
child abuse also continued to be a
widespread problem in Taiwan.
★The report also said there
seemed to be discrimination,
including in work environments, against people with HIV/AIDS.
The nation’s independent press, an effective judiciary
and a functioning democratic political system combined to
protect freedom of speech and the press, the report said.
Taiwan's
freedom of the press
score drops one
point from previous year's report.
Taiwan's
ranking (No.8) in
Asia & Pacific
fell one place from last year
(No.7).
<Freedom House>,
USA
( a
Washington-based think tank
),
May 1, 2013
The main
reason Taiwan's freedom of press falling
one point from last year's 25 because of a worse legal environment,
(Taiwanese
government has put off approving a license for the establishment of a new
television station whose owner's financial status turned out to be unsustainable,
so must give up the plan ).
Political polarization, self-censorship and indirect Chinese influence limit the
diversity of opinions represented in Taiwan’s mainstream media, according to a
new report from the US-based watchdog Freedom House.
world ranking : 47th.
Taiwan was judged to have a “free” press
with an overall “freedom score” of 26 points, just one point less free than the
previous year.
Freedom House concerns Taiwan media reports show a strong tendency/bias
on some political parties.
<Freedom House>,
USA
( a
Washington-based think tank
),
May 31, 2013
Taiwan media reflect diverse perspectives and report sayings of government's
corruption and government policies. However, Taiwan media
show a strong preference/bias on some political party, some candidates.
Justice system
In August, the Taipei District
Prosecutor’s Office again decided not to
pursue charges against those responsible
for airman Chiang Kuo-ching’s wrongful
execution in 1997.
Taiwan
carried out six executions. As of December, prosecution
and defence lawyers were required to debate sentencing
and related issues in death penalty cases before the
Supreme Court. Indigenous people were caught in
protracted land disputes and the authorities failed to
protect their rights as the post-2009 typhoon
reconstruction process continued. Media monopolies
expanded further. A gender equality education curriculum
was implemented after a year’s delay.
Taiwan
ranked 47th in the world in terms of
press freedom, Taiwan
fell two places from the 2012 in
the global rankings.
Paris-based <Reporters Sans Frontieres> (RSF),
a press freedom watchdog body
Jan. 30, 2013
The same three European countries that headed the index last year hold the
top three positions again this year. For the third year running,
Finland
has distinguished itself as the country that most respects media freedom. It is
followed by the Netherlands and
Norway.
USA No. 32 ( note 18,22), NZ 8, Swiss 14, Germany 17, Belgium 21, Canada
20, UK 29, China no. 173.
the watchdog was
concerned about the protests in Taiwan last year against the Want Want China
Times Group’s (旺旺中時集團) bid to buy into another media group.
In Transparency International's 2012
Corruption
Perceptions Index,
Taiwan was ranked 37th,
dropping five spots from last year .
(Reuters) - In Transparency
International's 2012 Corruption
Perceptions Index, Denmark, Finland and New Zealand tied for first place out of
176 countries - meaning they were perceived to have the lowest levels of state
sector corruption. Sweden was fourth with Singapore ranked as fifth.
(CNA) Taiwan was ranked 37th among 176
nations and regions in an annual global
index on the perception of corruption in
the public sector,
dropping five spots from last year, In
2011, Taiwan was ranked 32nd among 183 nations and territories.
Taiwan has breached its commitments: EU
<BBC> ,
<Amnesty
International>
UK , <European
Parliament> members
Dec. 22, 2012
Taiwan has executed
six death row inmates, the first use of the
death penalty this year...
Campaigning human rights group
Amnesty
International has condemned the move as "cold-blooded
killing".
The executions - by shooting - "made a
mockery of the authorities' stated
commitment to abolish the death penalty",
Amnesty said in a statement.
"It is abhorrent to justify taking
someone's life because prisons are
overcrowded or the public's alleged support
for the death penalty," the statement said.
France has
condemned the execution of six
death-row inmates by
Taiwan
French
Ministry of Foreign , and European Affairs,
Dec. 26, 2012
A statement
issued by the French Ministry of Foreign and
European Affairs said Paris “condemns the
execution of six sentenced to death in
Taiwan [on] December 21, 2012."
France urged the
restoration of the
moratorium on capital
punishment observed in
Taiwan between 2006 and
2010 and called on the
country to “open a
national debate on the
future of the death
penalty.”... The
international human
rights group criticized
the Taiwanese government
for breaking its
previous commitments to
abolish the death
penalty and failing to
fulfill its
international legal
obligations under the UN
human rights covenants
of which it is a
signatory — the
International Covenant
on Civil and Political
Rights and the
International Covenant
on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights...
Taiwan was tied with Poland, Slovenia and Trinidad and Tobago for 47th in
Freedom House's 2012 Freedom of the Press rankings,
Among Asia-Pacific countries, Taiwan
ranked seventh.
Taiwan received a total score of 25 points, the same as in 2011.
<Freedom House>
( a
Washington-based think tank
), USA, May 1, 2012
Taiwan scored an 8 for its legal environment (1 point worse than in last year's
survey), a 9 for its political environment (no change), and an 8 for its
economic environment (1 point better than last year).
Other concerns include
the use of criminal defamation laws against a journalist and blogger as well as a
proposed merger that could reduce media diversity."
incidents of news content produced by China's state-run media outlets appearing
in Taiwanese newspapers "under less than transparent conditions."
......
Finland, Norway and Sweden tied for No. 1 with 10 points
Taiwan
handed down more death sentences in 2011
than in any year in the past decade,
despite stating that its long-term goal
was abolition of the death penalty.
Restrictions on freedom of assembly
remained, with no progress made towards
a relaxation of existing, stringent
laws. The authorities did little to
protect the housing rights of farmers
across the island, at times colluding in
their eviction.
<Amnesty International>, London, UK, annual report The State of the
World's Human Rights 2012, May 24, 2012
Despite continued public demand, there was no
progress on the government’s proposal to amend the Assembly and Parade Law. The
law allows police to forcibly disperse peaceful protesters, and places other
restrictions on peaceful demonstrations.
Migrant workers were unable to freely change
employer. Domestic migrant workers and care-givers were often forced to work
without adequate rest. The media exposed abuse and exploitation of migrant
workers by government officials and celebrities.
it highlighted the problem
of corruption in Taiwan, saying more than
400 officials were indicted on corruption
charges in the past year, including 54
high-ranking officials.
In addition, it said the judicial system
in Taiwan “suffered from some corruption.”
The impartiality of judges and
prosecutors involved in high-profile and
politically sensitive cases was being
questioned by some political commentators
and academics, the report said.
Child abuse also continued to be a
“widespread problem,” according to the
report. It cited an NGO estimate of 20,000
cases per year of child sexual abuse.
In addition, the report said violence
against women, such as rape and domestic
violence, “remained a serious problem” in
Taiwan. It said the Ministry of the Interior
estimated that the actual number of sexual
assault cases was 10 times more than what
was reported to the police.
The report also said that foreign spouses
in Taiwan face discrimination inside and
outside of their homes. Forced labor was
found in sectors such as caregiving,
farming, fishing, manufacturing and
construction...
The US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
for 2011, May 24, 2012
A human
rights report released by the U.S. Department of State was generally positive
about the situation in Taiwan in 2011, but said corruption and violence against
women and children remained prevalent problems in the country.
AFP - The running mate of Taiwan
opposition presidential candidate James
Soong claimed he had come under
attack from "electromagnetic waves"
launched by a local intelligence unit.
The highly secretive bureau was not
immediately available for comment.
<AFP>, France, Dec. 1, 2011
<Yahoo> UK & Ireland, Dec 1, 2011
<Bangkok Post>(Thailand), Dec. 3, 2011
Dr. Lin Ruey-shiung (Soong's running mate): "If I hadn't quickly moved out (of
my home), I would have lost my mind," and alleged
that the "attack" by the National
Security Bureau started on September 20,
2011
outside his home and lasted three days.
reported by all local media in Taiwan.
Taiwan's“The National Security Bureau": ... has not
owned the alleged technologies, nor have we used
equipment to harass the alleged targeted person”Dec. 6
2011, Yahoo news.
Taiwan presidential race darkened by
charges of intelligence service monitoring of challenger
<Washington Post>,
January 3, 2012
<Associated Press>, January
2, 2012
Taiwan president race darkened by spying charges;
Taiwan’s presidential
campaign has taken a dark turn, with the opposition
challenger accusing intelligence services under the
control of incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou of
tracking her campaign events for political
advantage. The allegations — unproven and denied
by Ma — conjure up memories of Taiwan’s unsavory
one-party past, when Ma’s party, the Nationalists,
used their total control of the state apparatus to
persecute opponents. While the island has since
morphed into one of Asia’s most dynamic democracies,
many senior civil servants may still believe that
serving the top political echelon involves cutting
corners.
complaints about unfair competition and concerns about Beijing's interference
were present throughout the presidential election campaign.
<Freedom House>,
Washington D.C., USA, Jan. 20,
2012
(1) some criminal law is kept and can be used for suing reporters and internet
blog writers, may against Taiwan's press freedom.
(2)Taiwan's overall rating remained the same as last year 2011 and the
Washington-based group pro-democracy watchdog highlighted last Saturday's
presidential elections in its Freedom in the World 2012 report.
Taipei Times, Liberty Times, head-page, Jan. 21, 2012
Taiwan's rank on Freedom of Press ( freedom of Information) : 45th.
ps:
Taiwan's rank in 2008 is 36th.
Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), Reporters without Borders, France
Jan
25, 2012
Press freedom Index :
New Zealand No.13, Japan No. 22, Australia
No.30, South Korea No.44, Taiwan No.45, USA, No.47, HK No.54 US extra territorial
No. 57,
China No.174
Apple Daily News, Jan. 26, 2012
Taiwan's rank in 2011 : No.48
Taiwan's bribery index
drops 5 positions within 3 years since 2008.
<Transparency
International>,
Germany, Nov. 2, 2011
◎ Taiwan ranked
(19th) in the lower half of TI's 2011
“Bribe Payers" index, finishing
19th among the 28 countries surveyed
◎ Taiwan fell
from 14th place in the index released in
2008, when 22 countries were
scrutinized.
◎ The
Berlin-based organization asked 3,016
business executives in 30 selected
countries how often companies in the
countries polled engaged in bribery.
reported
by editorial, Apple Daily
news,
Taiwan News, etc,
Taiwan.
Taiwan's corruption (5.45)
ranked No. 7(same as 2011) in Asia & Pacific 10+ countries..
< Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd. (PERC) >Mar. 21,
According to PERC,
Taiwan's
corruption score (5.45) is behind Asia&Pacific
No.1 Singapore (0.67)、No. 2
Australia(1.28)、No. 3 Japan(1.90)、No. 4 USA(2.59) 、Hong
Kong(2.64)、Macau(2.85), Taiwan (5.45) ranked
No. 7(same as 2011), then No.8 is Malaysia(5.59)、No.9 Thailand(6.57)、 No.10
Lau柬埔寨(6.83)、No.11 S. Korea(6.90) 、No. 12 China(7.00). The grade
10 is worst, 0 is best.
Taiwan received a grade of 6.1 [on a
scale of one to 10] on the corruption perception index ( Asia's ranks : New
Zealand 9.5, Singapore 9.2 , Hong Kong 8.2, Japan 8.0).
Taiwan ranked 32 on the corruption
perception index ranking released by Transparency International, but still
lagged behind some of its more economically advanced neighbors, such as Japan
and Singapore.
To improve Taiwan's rank, the government must launch a long-term education
campaign to raise citizen awareness of the values of clean politics and
governance, besides, the government and the legislature must be more cautious in
handling issues related to government officials' special allowance funds, etc.
With an overall score of 25 on
the annual report’s zero to 100
scale, Taiwan dropped one spot to
48th
from 2010.
Taiwan’s scores
have declined
three years in a row.
Freedom House ,
Washington D.C., USA
May 2, 2011
In the Freedom of the Press world survey Washington-based watchdog
organization Freedom House.
Taiwan's press freedom in 2010 was
ranked 47th
among all nations, slipping three
spots compared to 2009.
Freedom House, a Washington-based
non-governmental organization that supports the expansion of freedom
around the world.
Taiwan declined in UK's
Democracy Index: Taiwan's rank 37 in
2011, rank 36 in 2010
Economist , UK (2011)
Democracy Index : No.38 Slovakia, 39: India, No.1~9: Norway, Iceland,
Denmark, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia, Swiss, Canada, Finland, Netherland
Global Peace Index: taiwan rank 27(2011), 35(2010),
37(2009), 44(2008).
Taiwan was criticized over issues to
do with the
death
penalty, freedom of expression,
justice and migrants' rights.
Amnesty International, London, UK, annual report The State of the
World's Human Rights 2011, May 13, 2011
Amnesty International Taiwan deputy secretary-general Yang Tsung-li
criticized the government, saying it used a lack of public consensus as an
excuse to uphold capital punishment.
The executions last year were carried out
one day after a hearing on the issue, and the executions in March came less than
one month after Ma offered an apology to the family of Chiang Kuo-ching (江國慶),
who was found to have been wrongfully executed
The report also criticized Taiwan's government for what it said was its
failure to deliver on promises to amend the Assembly and Parade Act (集會遊行法) that
limits citizens’ rights to assembly and free speech.
It also voiced concerns over the slow progress to enact a judges’ act to
address corruption scandals involving high court judges and over the working
conditions of migrant workers.
also reported by Taiwan's media ― Apple Daily news
(Chinese language) and Taipei Times (English)
81% of Taiwanese have
little faith in judiciary:
Poll
The highest % in Taiwan's history
Sep. 7, 2011
according to the survey conducted by the National Chung Cheng University.
Four out of every five Taiwanese have serious doubts about the island's judicial
system following a string of scandals and controversial rulings...
About 81
per cent ... did not believe judges had the skills to reach fair
decisions,... Sixty per cent... had no confidence in a special anti-graft
government body, the Agency Against Corruption... set up after three senior
judges were indicted for taking bribes in exchange for not guilty verdicts. The
judges were later sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.
The Straits Times, breaking news,
Taiwan's Apple Daily,
9/7/2011
There were still problems with
corruption, violence and
discrimination against women and
children, as well as human
trafficking.
USA Country Reports on Human Rights practices, issued
April 8, 2011
(1) officials & police corruption.
(2) Violence against women, including
rape and domestic violence, remained a "serious
problem.
(estimated that
the total number of rape, spousal rape was 10 times the number
reported to the police,
- 6818 rape/sexual
assaults were filed till Sept 2010, till
Nov. 2010, 91457 family violence, 22089 children abuse cases were filed. )
(3) judicial authorities remained
“dismissive” of complaints of sexual harassment in the
workplace.
(4) Child abuse continued to be a widespread problem. sexual
abuse was more prevalent than the public realized, with the
estimated number of victims reaching approximately 20,000
annually, while only approximately 3,000 were reported.
(5) foreign-born spouses were targets of discrimination.
(6) abuses of foreign workers.
(7) authorities increased their placement of advertisements
packaged as news reports in local newspapers and television.
(8) trafficking in persons
reported by Taiwan's media at April 9, 2011
Taiwan's corruption index :
among Asian & Pacific countries,
Taiwan is behind Singapore (No.1),
HK, Australia, Japan, USA, Macau
(Macao)
POLITICAL & ECONOMIC RISK CONSULTANCY LTD (HK based),
March 22, 2011
(1) Founding that : most serious corruption lies in Taiwan's top-position
leaders and government's metro./city reconstruction units.
(2) Taiwan's
reform against corruption remains no good.
reported by Taiwan's Apple Daily, Mar. 23, 2011
For the past two years, Freedom House has downgraded Taiwan's
rating in its annual report on global press freedom. Critics say
it's common for government propaganda to masquerade as 'news.'
the Christian Science Monitor, USA
▼ ...many observers say that the
glitter of the island republic’s free press has been overrated, especially in a
highly commercialized news culture that is both deeply partisan and prey to
political favors.
▼The placement of advertising as news is only the “tip of the
iceberg,”
▼One example of creeping government influence is the media's
minimization of criticism of government policies and
exaggeration of its achievements, says Guang, who teaches
journalism at National Chung Cheng University.......“Taiwan’s news media are not yet independent,” says Guang.
“Can the public really accept this?”
Jan 3, 2011
Taiwan's "Freedom from
Corruption"
scores 56, which is
worst
since 2007
A joint project of The Heritage
Foundation and The Wall Street Journal.
The
the Index of
Economic Freedom rankings on a 1-100
scale , Taiwan's economic freedom score is
70.8, Taiwan is ranked 7th in the Asia–Pacific region.
<Amnesty International >
, London, UK,
press , Mar 4,
2011
Amnesty
International has condemned today's
execution of five men in
Taiwan......
"The Taiwanese authorities have
repeatedly stated their intention to
abolish the death penalty, but they
have - yet again -
acted contrary to
their own commitments and against
the global trend towards abolition
of the death penalty," said Sam Zarifi Amnesty International's
Asia-Pacific Director.
More than 70 people remain on death row in Taiwan.
Family members are not informed about scheduled executions in
advance. They learn about the executions afterwards when they are
invited to collect the body from the mortuary.
<Taipei times>,
Mar 5, 2011 , The German government also
expressed concerns over the execution.
ps: the United Daily mentions Taiwan's media reported too much about
those prisoners' life details .
Taiwan's
"Democracy Index" of 2010
declined
UK's Economist Intelligence Unit (E.I.U.)
(1) 2010: Taiwan's "Democracy Index" in retreat : Political participation (
sank
6.67 to 5.56 points) & Functioning of government( points 7.5 down to 7.14); other
indexes like Electoral process & puralism, political culture, civilian liberties
have not moved up
(2) Asia rank : South Korea No. 20, Japan No.22, most Asian countries moved up
or remained same rank, i.e., S. Korea ranking from No.28 to No.20, Australia
10th to 6th, New Zealand 7th to 5th, Taiwan dropped 3 positions.
(3) World rank: No.1: Norway, No.2: Iceland, No.3 Denmark, No. 4 Sweden, No.5
New Zealand
Dec. 21, 2010
data from reports by Liberty Times and UK based EIU
web-site
77% Taiwanese people think
Taiwan's corruption has not
improved, <the Liberty Times>
reported corruption index by
Germany based TI.
Taiwan's
corruption sorting list: worst
― Police: 3.9,
Parliament/legislation: 3.8,
Public officials/civil servants :3.8,
Political parties : 3.5, military:
3.4, judiciary3.3 , Media ,
Education systems : 3.2 ( Taiwan's
media have not given a complete report )
World
Corruption Index: Singapore No.1,
Australia No.8 (score 8.7), HK No.13
(8.4), Japan No. 17 (7.8), Qatar
No.19 (7.7), US No.22 (7.1),
Taiwan No.33 (5.8)
Taiwanese people
think in the past 3 years Taiwan's
corruption: stayed the same 35%,
increased 42%, decreased 23%
12.10. 2010
the report rated Taiwan's freedom of the media lower than the
previous year, on the basis of a controversy surrounding the country's
Public Television Service (PTS).
The heads of PTS were removed in last September amid concerns about the
independence of publicly-funded media.
Freedom House 2011 report
Jan 13, 2011
Taiwan's political rights and civil
liberties remaining unchanged at grades 1 and 2, respectively.
Freedom House, a Washington-based
non-governmental organization that supports the expansion of freedom
around the world.
Corruption in Taiwan
Confirming the
worst suspicions
The Economist, July 22, 2010
three high-court judges and a prosecutor
had been detained
amid allegations that they took
bribes to fix the outcome of a high-profile case
The
significance of this case is
that it makes all the rumours (ps:
corruption in Taiwan's law field) a reality.
7. 22. 2010
Taiwan
dropped 1 position in judicial (Asia
& pacific)
ranking
POLITICAL & ECONOMIC RISK CONSULTANCY LTD (HK based)
Asian Intelligence Reports Index
(Dec.
1, 2010)
No.1
Australia, No.2: Hong kong, No.3: Singapore, No.4: USA, No.5 :Japan,
No.6: South Korea, No.7: Taiwan
(1) issued at 12. 1. 2010
(2) reported
by Taiwan's media like SET TV evening news,
7:20pm, Dec. 2,
2010
Taiwan: Abolition of the Death Penalty in Taiwan: a
Further Serious Setback
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PUBLIC STATEMENT,
3 June 2010
Amnesty International is deeply disappointed that
Taiwan’s Constitutional Court has rejected a
petition to halt executions made on behalf of 44
death row inmates. The petition, filed by the Taiwan
Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP), argued
that Taiwan’s application of the death penalty was
unconstitutional and violated the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
Amnesty International considers the death penalty
the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
and a violation of the right to life.
Amnesty International urges the government of Taiwan
not to carry out executions and to make concrete
progress towards its long stated goal to abolish the
death penalty.
By resuming executions the government in Taiwan is
out of step with global trends. Across the world,
more than two thirds of countries have abolished the
death penalty in law or practice and in 2009 only 18
countries were known to have carried out executions.
Taiwan's "Global Peace Index" of 2010 ranks 35
Economist Intelligence Unit (E.I.U.)
Global Peace Index of 2010 : Asian nations ―
New Zealand ranks 1, Japan 3rd, Qatar 15th, Australia19th,
Malaysia No.
22, Hong Kong No. 22, Singapore No.30, Laos No.34.
Peace Indicators ( 23 factors ) includes "Respect for human rights", "Jailed population",
etc
Related indicators (32 factors) includes "corruption perceptions", "political culture", etc
2010
One out of 4
serious problems ―
trafficking in
persons, US Country
Reports on Human Rights practices
2010 Trafficking in Persons Report Taiwan (Tier 1)
Released by the U.S. Department of State, June 14, 2010
Taiwan is a destination, and to a much
lesser extent, source and transit territory for men, women, and children
subjected to forced prostitution and forced labor.
Some women from Taiwan are recruited
through classified ads to travel to Japan, Australia, the UK, and the United
States for employment, where they are forced into prostitution. Taiwan is a
transit territory for Chinese citizens who enter the United States illegally and
may become victims of debt bondage and forced prostitution in the United States.
June 14, 2010
A Taiwanese
Co. employer
forced
three
Muslim
Indonesian women
to eat pork
(violate
Muslim religion) over a
seven-month
period.
Head line of the United Daily News ( Taiwan's major news) comments it
as "Inflicted serious damage on Taiwan's image".
reported by the Jakarta Post (May 14, 2010), and some major world media
: BBC website, the Straits Times (Singapore), Associated Press, AFP, ABS-CBN TV (Philippines),
India Times, and DailyMail of UK, etc.
Indonesian
government condemns
such action(
forced foreign-labor workers to consume pork)
as it was
against
appropriate
values,
calling upon
the
Taiwanese
government
to pay
“serious
attention”
to the case.
According
to the
Taiwan media
and USA Country Reports on Human Rights practices 2010,
Taiwan has
always
abused
foreign workers.
European Union condemns the executions of death penalty in Taiwan,
May 2010.
European Union
(1) EU deplores the resumption of
executions (death penalty) in Taiwan.
(2)
The European Union's strongly held view in favour of the
abolition of capital punishment is well known. The European Union
considers that the abolition of the death penalty contributes to the
enhancement of human dignity and the progressive development of human
rights.
(1) statement at May 1, 2010.
(2) by the spokesperson
of EU High Rep. for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
(3) Taiwan urges the EU to delink death
penalty from visa waiver
Norway and Finland score: 10 (legal
environment : 3, political environment: 3, economic environment: 4)
Oct. 21, 2010
Taiwan dropped (47th 2010, 43rd
last year, 32nd 2008 ) in press freedom rating
Freedom House
(1)
Taiwan ranked 47th on the
U.S.-based human rights watchdog body's 2010 global press freedom
rating, which was based on the findings of a survey on the media
situations...
(2) Taiwan
declined four notches from its ranking of 2009, , declined 15 notches
from 2008.
(3) No1 :
Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, No.11: New Zealand No.32: Japan, No.37
: Australia, No.24: US, (Macau or Macao not found).
(4) 35% are in free status.
(1)
issued
2010/04/30
(2) Apple Daily (May 1, 2010): money make
official propaganda become news.
(3) Liberty Times (May 1, 2010): We
declined, others improved.
Taiwan's corruption ... a serious problem
USA Country Reports on Human Rights practices, issued
Mar 11, 2010
major problems
(1) Taiwan corruption by
officials
(2) violence & discrimination
against women
(estimate total # is 10 times # reported
- 5305 rape/sexual
assaults were filed)
(3) trafficking in persons
(4) abuses of foreign workers http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/eap/135990.htm
(1) issued March 11, 2010
(2) Apple Daily : bad things more than
good things
(3) US report: no official restrictions to peaceful expression
of views via the net, however, my computer has long time problem to
internet (till now, no evidence proved who or which nation did this)
Taiwan's corruption grade (6.28) is behind Asia & Pacific countries No.1
Singapore(1.42)、No.2
Australia(2.28)、No.3 Hong Kong (2.67)、No. 4 USA(3.42)、No. 5 Japan
(3.49)、No. 6 Macau(4.96)、No. 7 S. Korea(5.98), slightly better than No.
10 China (6.52)
Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd.(PERC),
corruption surveys 2010
Overall country risk ranking: 1.Australia(best
graded country) 2.Singapore 3.HK 4.Japan
(Nippon) 5. Macau (Macao) 6.
USA 7. Vietnam 8. Taiwan (backwards from 2009)
Mar. 10, 2010
Taiwan corruption is worse
than China
Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd.(PERC),
surveys 2009
Both Taiwanese major political parties are
rotten.
reported by all major media of Taiwan,
4.7.2009
Taiwan's politicians corruption
is
serious
Among Asia-Pacific countries, Taiwan behind
Singapore(No.1), Australia, HK, USA, Japan, Macau, and South Korea
Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd.(PERC),
Mar. 2010
(1) Serious corruption in both political parties in
Taiwan
(2) Indonesia is the worst one in Asia-Pacific
region
issued March 2010
Taiwan corruption Perception Index (CPI) in
2010 ranks 33rd in the world, 6th in Asia & Pacific
Transparency International
(Germany based)
(1)No.1 : Denmark, New Zealand, Singapore, No.8: Australia, No.13: Hong Kong,
No.17: Japan, No.19: Qatar...
(2) Taiwan fluctuated between 25th and 35th
place from 1995 till 2007, dropped to 39th in 2008, bit moved back to 37th in
2009.
Oct. 27, 2010
Taiwan corruption scores in 2009 CPI ranks no. 37, which is behind Dominica, Puerto Rico,
and Botswana.
Transparency International
The highest scorers in the 2009 CPI are
New Zealand,
Denmark,
Singapore,
Sweden and
Switzerland (Swiss).
Hong Kong ranks 12th, Japan 17th, United States 19th.
Taiwan's <Corruption Perceptions Index>
score in 2009 is 5.6.
scores 2008 back to 2003 : 5.7, 5.7, 5.9. 5.9,
5.6, 5.7, so, Taiwan in 2009 is about the worst.
Taiwan collects citizens' data
without any regulation
The Association for Human Rights (Taiwan)
(1) <Computer-processed Personal Data
Protection Law> has not been modified to a good version for a long time.
(2)
Taiwanese privacy status just like <1984>.
Liberty Times, Feb 22, 2009
Public media independence threatened, despite government denials
Reporters Without Borders, Paris, France
Reporters Without Borders urges President Ma
Ying-jeou to keep his promises to us to respect public media
independence.
2008 Dec 17
More than 10 journalists injured during opposition protests
against Chinese visit
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders deplores the violence against journalists in
Taipei in the course of protests against a visit by a Chinese government
representative during the past few days.
At least 10 journalists were injured during
protests on 6 November by supporters of the opposition
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) against the meeting in
Taipei between President Ma Ying-jeou and Chen Yunlin,
Nov. 8, 2008
Taiwan is a "Police State"
the China Times visited Parliament member
(1) Almost all members of Legislative
Yuan ( legislators are about same as Congressmen / Senators) and Parliament leader were
eavesdropped ...
(2) Taiwan's People 're watched by
"secret-camera" , Taiwan becomes a "Police State" ...
reported at Oct. 18, 2007
Most serious corruption :
Taiwan Parliament and
political parties
Transparency Org. Taiwan
Taiwan Corruption Index :
Parliament 78%, political parties 69%, Custom 61%, Military 48%, Police
45%, Legislative 43%, Power & Water 41%, Taxes 35%, Medical 32%,
Education 25%, Media 19%, Religion 16%, etc
(Taiwan corruption is lousy,
Gallup 2006, Transparency Org. 2007 )
the liberty Times, Dec. 10, 2005
Global Peace Ranking declined
the Economist EIU
36th in 2007, 44th in 2008
United Daily News, May 21, 2008
Freedom of Expression problem : The
Assembly and Parade Law
Amnesty International
the Assembly and Parade Law
requires police permission to hold a public
demonstration and is used to suppress protests
reports 2008
HR Problems :
(1) corruption by
officials,
(2)violence and discrimination against women,
(3) trafficking in persons,
(4) abuses of foreign workers
In Human Rights
Day (Dec. 10, 2012), DPP's Policy Research Committee: a recent poll indicates
that 62.3 % of Taiwanese are
dissatisfied with the government's protection of
human rights.
<Liberty Times>, Dec. 11, 2012
DPP's Policy
Research Committee: a recent poll indicates that 67 %
of Taiwanese are dissatisfied with the government's
protection of judicial human rights. (司法人權),
64.9% of
Taiwanese are dissatisfied with
political human rights. (政治人權)...
<Taiwan News>, Dec. 5, 2012
Taiwan's human rights get
thumbs-down in poll!
More than 40 percent (43.4%) of
the respondents in an annual survey rated Taiwan's overall
performance in human rights protection this year as either “bad”
or “very bad,” the Taipei-based Chinese Association
for Human Rights said yesterday.
About 53.5 percent of the
respondents gave the protection of judicial human rights a
negative rating, compared with 21.4 percent who rated it
positively.
<United Daily News>, Dec. 12, 2012
The minister of Control Yuan ( Impeachment,
censure, investigation, Inspection, audit, etc) Wong expressed officials who
never admit their human rights mistakes are full in Taiwanese government, Taiwan
does not have "public servants" ... most human rights problems are caused by
Taiwanese government ...
<Taipei Times>, Dec. 8, 2012
Public feels
human rights deteriorating
DISSATISFACTION:
Official corruption, the government’s inability to
fill people’s needs and media independence were top
public concerns, according to a survey of public opinion by the
government-affiliated Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (conducted by Shih Hsin
University),...
Corruption was the target of the greatest public dissatisfaction, scoring 1.9
points. It was followed by the government’s ability to respond to people’s
needs, which garnered 2 points, and external interference
in judicial rulings, at 2.1 points.
<Liberty Times>, Dec. 5, 2012
Chinese Association for Human Rights
yesterday released the "2012 Taiwan Human Rights
Indicator Survey" results show the satisfaction of the people of Taiwan for the
protection of human rights continued to decline...
survey shows that only
38 percent of Taiwanese held positive views on Taiwan's
human rights of this year, which is far worse
than 57 percent of last year...
<Apple Daily>, Dec. 5, 2012
Acording to "2012 Taiwanese Human Rights index
survey" (conducted by 中華人權協會), 17.9% Taiwanese respondents think Taiwan's overall human
rights improved, 36% think it is worsened, 76% Taiwanese don't satisfy
Taiwan's economy human rights.
Taiwan's freedom of speech is in retreat, scholars worry about Taiwan's
democracy doesn't work well ...
<China Post>, Dec. 11 2012
The Democratic
Progressive Party (DPP) chairman: Taiwan currently faces two major human rights
crises: prosecutors that abuse
their powers to persecute the people, and
private interests that wield dangerous power over the media, Su said, pointing
to China as one of the big players in the monopolization of Taiwan's media.
<Taipei Times>, Dec. 11 2012
The Democratic
Progressive Party: The erosion of human rights under KMT's
administration, in particular regarding the judiciary and
media, has placed Taiwan’s proud democracy in
jeopardy and requires attention from the international community, ...
applying a three-part strategy to monopolize local media
by first “paralyzing the public television system and controlling the Chinese
Television System,” then following up with Want Want China Times Group’s
(旺旺中時集團) “vertical integration of a cable television service and horizontal
integration of its pending merger of the Next Media Group.”... Implementing the
Assembly and Parade Act (集會遊行法) was the most glaring example of Ma’s
noncompliance with the covenants,... there were two major crises in
Taiwan: first, people’s suffering from the sluggish economy; second, the
backsliding of human rights and the re-emergence of authoritarianism.
<United Daily News>, Dec. 1, 2012
Although Taiwan keeps announcing it's a
"Human Rights" country, experts question that till now Taiwan is still one among
very few nations (7-8 nations, most of them are communist countries, red China
not included) refuses AIDS foreigners enter (e.g., Magic Johnson, a NBA star),
and monitors AIDS people by nation's machine for a long term, Taiwan does not
care about human rights ...
"The people have the freedom from fear!"
the Wu Zhaohan (吳兆漢)
case confirmed
that illegal eavesdropping indeed
has been existing in Taiwan,
the severity degree is about same as
American's Watergate case , ...
not be able to eliminate Taiwanese
people's worries,...
Both pan-blue and pan-green Legislators
pointed out
illegal eavesdropping Taiwanese people
(or even in the name of "state
secrets"
) can not be accepted,
... "This
is exactly what Taiwanese people most
worried about for a long time!"...
the concerns of the people has not
eliminated; ...
In the past 4 years
Taiwanese government's (or KMT's)
illegal eavesdropping were from bad to
worse, not only legislators feel
insecure, but also the DPP
President candidate Tsai Ing-wen (during
last year's presidential election)'s
campaign schedules (蔡英文多次被掌握行蹤)
repeatedly were known by KMT , which
proved KMT administration has never
stopped this illegal eavesdropping,
surveillance behavior......
<Liberty Times>, Sept. 20, 2012,
examiner.com
U.S. human
rights organizations questions︰Taiwan's
former president Chen Shui-bian's flat prison treatment violated international
torture standards
The
Human Rights
Action Center
based in
Washington, D.C.
has issued a
preliminary
statement on the
prison
conditions of
Chen Shui-bian,
the imprisoned
former president
of the
Republic of
China
in-exile
yesterday ... ... in violation of
international torture standards, such harsh
treatment for more than a week is considered
improper, not to mention four years!
“Other aspects
of President
Chen’s prison
conditions, such
as having to
sleep, eat, and
write on the
floor and the
prevalence of
dripping water,
insects, and
other sanitary
problems are not
normally of
conditions found
in modern
democracies
governed by the
rule of law.”
<Taiwan News>, April 21, 2012
As for President Ma
Ying-jeou's first human rights report released
yesterday, Wellington Koo (顧立雄), an attorney who
represented the Judicial Reform Foundation said that
obtaining testimony through “inappropriate ways,”
such as torture or threats, still occurs in Taiwan,
and such illegally obtained testimony is still used
in court...
Human Rights Covenants Watch convener Kao Yung-cheng
(高湧誠) said "we only see the government dressing up
human rights conditions in the country, instead of
trying to touch the core of issues, and make
profound changes.”, “The government is not facing
some real human rights violations happening in this
country, ...
<Liberty Times>, April 21, 2012
DDP said Taiwan's
first human rights report is full of empty boasts
and obfuscations ...
Human Rights
Covenants Watch convener said the human rights
report is "
evades
the
issue" (避重就輕),
The human rights issue in Taiwan is still riddled
with gaping wounds /
already ailing (「千瘡百孔」).
DDP Critics said
freedom of the press was deteriorating...
During DDP time,
Taiwan's press freedom status went from world 35th up to 32nd, but in KMT's
administration, this status dropped from 43rd down to 48th place.
Taiwan Alliance to
End the Death Penalty executive director
said it's (
abolish capital punishment ...
) a lie in public (「公然說謊」).
<United Daily News>,
April 21, 2012
Human Rights Covenants
Watch convener
comments the report as "red tape, bureaucratic/ idle theorizing/
empty-talk
paper
(「官樣文章，紙上人權」)
<the China Times>, Politican News edition
, April 21, 2012
President Ma :“A great
number of human rights violations are committed by
governments and we need to establish internationally
accepted standards and ensure public servants are
aware of the importance of protecting human
rights,...”
<Apple Daily News>, Politics edition, April 21, 2012
President Ma admitted
Taiwan government violates human rights ...
<China Post>, April 21, 2012
DPP pans 'beautified' human rights report
!
Naturally, the report devolves into a beautification
of the human rights situation.”
<the China Times>, March 10, 2012
On Mar. 8, 2012, pig farmers across Taiwan voiced their
opposition to the government's possible decision to
relax import restrictions on beef containing
ractopamine with a protest rally in front of
the Legislative Yuan and the Council of Agriculture (Taiwanese
government)
, Taiwanese police arrested
them for their violation of the Assembly and Parade Law,
...... they scolded this had a contempt for
international human rights conventions.
<Apple Daily News>, Feb. 29, 2012
"Taiwan's human rights status is still same as that 65 years ago", by 228
political event's victims families who are angry at the saying "228's victims
only 1000- persons" by KMT's top positioned politician.
<Apple Daily News>, Feb. 28, 2012
Taiwan's largest ever labor
inspection found out 2591 companies' illegally violation of the Labor
Standards
Law
(《勞基法》), the ratio of
overall inspected companies is up to 30%. Taiwanese labor group criticized
that state-owned enterprise ranks top 3 in most serious list and this result is
just "the
tip of the iceberg".
<Liberty Times>, <Taipei Times>, Dec. 9, 2011
Taiwan
Brain Trust published at Dec. 8, 2011 a report
claiming that Taiwan has moved backward on
human rights issues.
Former Minister without Portfolio Hsu
Chih-hsiung: the nation’s human
rights record has plummeted in the past
three years.
<Taipei Times>, Dec. 9, 2011
A survey conducted
by Shih Hsin University on behalf of the
government--affiliated Taiwan Foundation for Democracy,
showed the public ranked the country’s overall human rights
situation slightly higher this year than last year, but downgraded the government’s performance in protecting the
freedom of the press.
<Liberty Times>, Dec. 3, 2011
Liberty Times : "Taiwan's economic rights, judicial rights,
labor rights ― retreated the worst !"
The 2011
survey
conducted
by the
Taipei-based
Chinese
Association
for
Human
Rights :
Negative views: 61.4
%
of
economic
rights,
47.9% of
judicial rights, 45.5
%
of labor
rights.
Positive views: 61.5% of aboriginal rights,, 59.3% of politics rights, 54.6% of
the elderly rights.
<Apple Daily News>,
editorial , Sept. 23, 2011
"National
Sexual Prison "(「國立性煉獄」)
: What a shame on Taiwanese government !
So
many sexual harassment crimes , and sexual assault cases in
Taiwan,
...... far more than
the number reported by media, we can say
Taiwan has already became a society
hostile to the female. Shame on all Taiwanese,
particularly, shame on Taiwanese government......
Apple Daily news, may 14, 2011
Amnesty International : Taiwan's human rights
retreat, May 13, 2011
Taiwan's government <1> does not keep promise to modify the rallies law (for parade,
etc), <2> abuses of foreign labor, <3> corruption, <4> death penalty
the China Times, Dec. 9, 2010
If Taiwan government really care Taiwanese
human rights, investigate again all wrongly-judged legal/political cases now !
Apple Daily, editorial, Dec. 10, 2010
(1) Taiwan's authority emphasized economy, paid less attention to
Taiwanese human rights...
(2) Taiwanese people ( except elites & leaders) give score 56 (total 100) to
Taiwan's human rights.
Liberty Times, Dec. 9, 2010
According to a survey concerning Taiwan's
democracy-freedom-human rights, generally speaking, Taiwanese ordinary people gave "F" score to Taiwan's
human rights overall performance &
democratic
freedom, 40 score to
judiciary
(independent judgment), 41 score to the judges and
government corruption.
the Liberty Times, Dec. 11, 2010
Taiwan's president Ma : The one
most easily hurt human rights is the government.
China Times, Oct. 11, 2010
DPP wanted to establish a human
rights committee in Taiwan long time ago... but KMT ( Taiwan's "Chinese
Nationalist Party" - an opposition political party)
stopped it again and again at that time... it's very weird that today KMT
suddenly wants to establish it ...
Liberty times, Oct. 11, 2010
Taiwan's human rights have been moving backwards,
the purpose of setting up a human rights committee is hiding ...
want to promote Taiwan's human rights? hope
Taiwanese government retracts its dirty hands everything will be fine ...
Human rights is the most important issue ...
, but till now KMT's Taiwan government just thought of setting up a human rights
committee (KMT won again its presidential election in '08)...
DPP was trying to set up a
human rights committee... but KMT (opposition political party) blamed it
on "black committee" (under-the-table committee), and asked Taiwan government to
dismiss the committee...
Apple Daily News, Oct. 11, 2010
Taiwan ... sets up a "human
rights committee".... bit late, ... short of ambition ...
Apple daily, China times,
United Daily, Liberty Times,
July 21, 2010
The new commission to fight corruption should learn from experience of HK
and Singapore
Apple Daily News, etc, Oct. 1, 2010
Legislators ( similar to senators or congressmen in the US )
blamed : "No human rights !!"
Taiwan striped a
Taiwanese for investigation while traveling from Macau (China) back
hometown Taiwan at Sept. 25, Taiwanese government has not apologized for
finding nothing guilty.
the Liberty Times,
Feb 27, 2010
228 political event may returns
the Liberty Times, May 2, 2009
The freedom of Taiwan press
falls seriously - world
ranking downgrade from 32th to 43th
the Liberty times, Mar 10, 2009
Taiwanese ..., no Privacy ...
the China Times, April 12, 2009
In order to win elections, a number of
politicians again and again forced
some government officials to play the (drama) role of rotten officials or
privileged ranking people .... to set "examples"
the United Daily News, Sept. 21, 2009
Taiwan's police usually
"suspect/doubt too much, investigate/find out the truth too little"...
United Daily News, Dec. 8, 2008 (prime news)
We thought there's no dark corner in Taiwan, however, you will
find out the truth until someone infringes upon your human rights some day
...
Apple Daily, Feb 18, 2008
Taiwan President should admit and publicize
numerous political ugly secrets, and political persecutions
the China Times, Oct 12, 2007
For winning political elections, Taiwan took "Think
highly of sovereignty , Think poorly of human rights " strategy
the United News System (MinSen Daily), July 17, 1995
All of us can be transparent ones , since too many unchecked
eavesdrops / bugs
the China Times, Jan 3, 2008
How come intellectuals disappeared ? ....
fewer and fewer people dare to speak out the truth against the power
the China Times, Jan 19, 2008
WEF & Gallup : 80% Taiwanese think political
circle not
honest
the United Daily News, Oct 12, 2007
Amnesty Int'l : Taiwanese think Taiwan's
Judicial (Justice/legal) is very rotten so as to locate
at
latter 1/3 of the world rankings.
(total population about 23,000,000 )
United Daily News, Liberty Times, China Times, Dec. 8, 2001
9 out of 10
Taiwan's human rights index is failed.
★ World
Human Rights (USA,
China, Africa, Euro, etc)
★ Human rights in USA :
http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/usa ,
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=25595&Valider=OK
http://www.transparency-usa.org/news/calendar.html ◎
The United States ranks world no. 88
(score 2.058) in "2012 Global Peace Index"
(GPI) by
UK's <Economist Intelligence Unit>,
The US's Global Peace Index 2007~2011 : No.96, 97, 83, 85, 82. For
a sixth straight year, Western Europe remained the most peaceful overall
region of the world. China ranks No.89 in 2012.
No1- 10:
Iceland, Denmark(2),
NZ(2), canada, Japan, Austria(6),
Ireland(6), Slovenia,
Finland, Swiss The
index ranks 158 nations using 23 indicators which gauge ongoing domestic
and international conflict, societal safety and security, and militarization. ◎no. 19 (2011), No.17(2010) in "Democracy Index", by <Economist Intelligence Unit>,
UK. ◎<Reporters sans Frontieres> (RSF, Reporters without Borders, France):
"Freedom of press (information)" index 2011-2012
― USA ranked world no. 47, USA-extra-territorial ranked no.57, both are
worse than
Asian countries Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
In 2013's report:
USA ranks No. 32 ( note 18,22). ◎ Freedom House 2012 (a
Washington-based human rights organization,
USA) ranked USA's press status
as world no. 22. ◎
Germany based Transparency
International's 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index,
USA ranking No. 19, behind UK and Japan.
Denmark, Finland and New Zealand tied for first place out of 176 countries. ◎
Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd. (PERC)
: USA's 2012
corruption
index ranking (score 2.59) in Asia & Pacific is No. 4.
(No.1
Singapore (0.67)、No. 2 Australia(1.28)、No. 3 Japan(1.90))
★ China'shuman rights :
http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/china , http://en.rsf.org/china.html
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=25650&Valider=OK
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=70&release=773 ◎
China ranks world no. 89 (score
2.061) in "2012 Global Peace Index"
(GPI) by UK's
<Economist
Intelligence Unit>, Taiwan ranks No.
27 (score 1.602)
China's Global Peace Index 2007~2011 : No.60, 67, 74, 80, 80 ◎
Freedom House 2012 (a
Washington-based human rights organization,
USA) rated
China's press status
as "not free." ,
China ranked 187th in the global rankings and tied for 38th with Myanmar among
40 Asia-Pacific countries, ahead only of North Korea.
China's media environment remained one of the world's most
restrictive in 2011. ◎China's Democracy Index (EIU) of
2011 is world no. 141, No. 136 in 2010, same as 2008. ◎China's latest "2009 Press Freedom Index" by <Reports without Borders>
for press freedom
ranks 168. ◎<Reporters sans Frontieres> (RSF, Reporters without Borders, France):
"Freedom of press (information)" index 2011-2012
― China ranked world no. 174.
In 2013's report, China ranks no. 173. ◎
Germany based Transparency
International's 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index,
China's ranking
remained in 80th place with a score of 39 - which
means Failure. ◎
Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd. (PERC)
: China's 2012
corruption
index ranking (score 7.00) in Asia & Pacific is No. 12.
(No.1
Singapore (0.67)、No. 2 Australia(1.28)、No. 3 Japan(1.90))
Some evidences : Taiwan major newspapers comments & reports
"Taiwan's human rights status still same as that 65 years ago", by 228
political event's victims families. (<Apple Daily>, Feb. 29, 2012)
"Kill one person is wrong, none to mention ..." by 228 political
event's victims families who are angry at this saying "victims only
1000- persons" by KMT top-position politician. (<Apple
Daily> web TV, Feb. 29, 2012)
Amnesty International : Taiwan's human rights retreat, May 13, 2011
(Taiwan's government <1> does not keep promise to modify the
rallies law (for parade etc), <2> abuses of foreign labor, <3> corruption, <4>
death penalty issue )
"Foreign workers have not be treated as human beings ... ", The China
Times, Oct. 2, 2010
"The reason is all Taiwan gov. did is cheating/phony ! ", The Liberty Times
comments bad record of Taiwan's human rights, ref. USA Country
Reports on Human Rights Practice, Mar 20, 2010 ( The word "cheating" above , can be direct translated as
"phony", " false", "fake" or
"untrue".)
pic above : Too many Taiwanese're victims, inconsolable rage on living in no privacy (Liberty Times, 2009)
pic : Taiwan became a Police State, people live under secret-camera ...
(China Times, 2007)
pic above : the nation collects people's info. without a modern-time law
... just like the literature <1984>
(Liberty Times, 2009)
Taiwan's human rights moving backwards (United Daily News, April 23, 2010)
Taiwan's Press Freedom falls (Apple Daily, April 30, 2010 )
pic above : Freedom of Taiwan press
in retreat badly (Liberty Times, 2009)
Approval rate for Taiwan government's monitor : 75% ―
" Offense Taiwanese human rights "
(Apple Daily News, June 10, 2010)
Evils' records ― 7 million persons in
time (Taiwan's population: 23 million) were being listened, Apple Daily, '03
pic left : Taiwan is a big rotten country (Apple Daily, 2009)
score 5.9
score 5.5
2001 2002 2003
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2009 2010
Taiwan's corruption index/scores by year,
Transparency International, Germany
pic. above: Taiwan's human rights are better in 2001, 2005, 2006
than records recently.
the China Times
http://www.chinatimes.com , the United
Daily
http://udn.com , Apple Daily
http://www.appledaily.com , the Liberty Times
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw
"Kill one person is wrong, none to mention ..." by 228 political
event's victims families who are angry at this saying "victims only
1000- persons" by KMT top-position politician. (<Apple
Daily> web TV, Feb. 29, 2012) 
